
Just a few hours after he had provided key final assistance for UAE teammate Tadej Pogačar's victorious solo flight at Il Lombardia, Pavel Sivakov was on a flight to China, looking to see what he could achieve on his own account at the Tour of Guangxi.
On Saturday - and as practised during the UAE recon of Il Lombardia on Wednesday - Sivakov acted as the last segment of the UAE 'booster rocket' that launched Pogačar into orbit on the crucial Colma di Sormano climb.